Uncovering the Intellectual Structure of Research in Business Ethics: A Journey Through the History, the Classics, and the Pillars of Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-524

  Calabretta, Giulia ^a   Durisin, Boris ^b   Ogliengo, Marco ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Business ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical decision making; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555195248     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0924-8     Document Type: Article

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